Regional REIT portfolio valuation drops as market conditions delay recovery
Regional REIT saw its portfolio valuation fall by 5% in 2025, but has heralded "meaningful progress" over the year led by £51.6m of disposals and 64 new lettings at 3.9%…
MCR Property Group launches £360m Flow Student platform
MCR Property Group has launched a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) operating platform, Flow Student, bringing together a portfolio with a combined gross development value of £360m. The platform currently…
Avanton wins £92.25m Cheyne loan for south London resi scheme
A joint venture between Avanton and Lloyds Bank subsidiary the Housing Growth Partnership has secured a £92.25m loan from Cheyne Capital to support the development of a south east London…
UKGBC launches framework to accelerate a nature-positive built environment
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a framework for a nature positive built environment, which it said provides the sector with practical and scalable actions to halt and…
Nearly half of business rates appeals taking over 12 months to resolve
Nearly half of business rates appeals are taking over a year to resolve, up from 18% this time last year amid a surge in appeals, Property Week can reveal. Data…
AJ Capital Partners puts Cambridge hotel up for sale for £60m-plus
AJ Capital Partners has put the Graduate hotel by Hilton Cambridge up for sale, seeking offers in excess of £60m to £65m. The Graduate hotel, Cambridge CBRE has been appointed…
Weis Group wins Manchester legal battle to develop £350m resi towers
Weis Group, owned by developer Aubrey Weis, has won a legal battle against Manchester City Council over its plans to develop a pair of 56-storey residential towers on Great Jackson…
Avant Homes gets green light to deliver £31.7m Telford resi scheme
Housebuilder Avant Homes has secured planning permission to deliver the second phase of its scheme in Priorslee in Telford, Shropshire, which has a gross development value of £31.7m. The second…
Aparthotels lettings boss gets suspended prison sentence for fraud
Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, former director of London aparthotels operator Dylan Lettings Worldwide, has been handed a suspended prison sentence for fraud after he illegally transferred over £100,000 to his personal…
Sheffield island site helps Allsop raise £40m at first 2026 commercial sale
Allsop raised £40m from the sale of 52 lots at its first commercial auction of the year on 11 February, achieving an 87% success rate and indicating a "positive uptick…